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I personnaly think that Final Fantasy VI has the best overall soundtrack, with Chrono Cross as a close second.

For the best game song ever, I agree with Imazul; it would be the Chrono Cross theme song, Time's Scar.

I won't deny Time's Scar is a great game piece, I really really liked this project from Mitsuda, even more than any of his other works. It's different, not mainstream, but a stream in its own right. I personally like "time before dreamwatch", and playing Radical Dreamers on guitar and singing is a great experience. I haven't gotten far enough in Xenosaga Eps 1 to say if I like it. I hear there are great tunes later on, but I've heard some disappointing stuff so far. Anyways, if I had to pick an 8-bit soundtrack, I'd go with either Skull Castle stages 3&4 (mega man 3) or any stage past stage 4 in Ninja Gaiden 3.

Pfft. This is easy - Shenmue's music (composed by the amazing Yuzo Koshiro) is the best. Yes, it's a fact, not an opinion. Seriously. Everyone will agree with me. By force, if necessary.

Outside of that, I love the soundtracks to the Rockman / Rockman X series, the Guilty Gear series' soundtracks are excellent, and of course Koji Kondo's music in the Legend of Zelda series is always awesome.

The Halo series OSTs are way above any other soundtrack for me. Martin O'Donnell (and Michael Salvatori) are pure geniuses at what they do, and I'm pretty much in awe whenever I hear a track of theirs. Top track from them has to be "Never Forget" off of the Halo 3 OST. Perfect.

Probably obscure, but clearly the best game soundtracks I've ever heard, no contest: Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War and Ys: The Oath in Felghana. Both the Ace Combat (Keiki Kobayashi is simply the best game music composer, hands down :P) and Ys series' soundtracks are made of pure win overall, but those stand out.

Honorable mention to Final Fantasy VIII and IX, the Gyakuten Saiban/Ace Attorney series, and the Call of Duty series. Halo has good stuff as well but I personally find it overrated.